====== Amazon Web Services (AWS) ====== [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] ===== Discussion ===== Amazon Web Services is a commercial Cloud Provider that supplies computing, storage, networking, database, security, management, and related technology services through geographically distributed cloud infrastructure. Amazon Web Services commonly uses the abbreviation **AWS**. Within Crucible, Amazon Web Services can serve as a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_platform|Deployment Platform]] on which Crucible creates and manages Infrastructure Environments. Amazon Web Services provides proprietary service interfaces, resource models, identity mechanisms, configuration formats, and operational services. A Crucible Provider Implementation can isolate those provider-specific dependencies from provider-independent Crucible Descriptions and Infrastructure Baselines. ===== Definition ===== *commercial cloud computing platform provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.* ===== Source ===== * [[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/introduction.html|Amazon Web Services, Overview of Amazon Web Services]] * [[https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/|Amazon Web Services, What Is AWS?]] ===== Note ===== The abbreviation **AWS** refers to Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services identifies a named Cloud Provider and Deployment Platform. The term does not identify a specific AWS service, account, region, availability zone, or deployed Infrastructure Environment. ===== Example ===== A Crucible Provider Implementation translates a provider-independent Infrastructure Baseline into AWS resources, including virtual networks, compute instances, storage resources, identity policies, and security controls. ---- © 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.